American Nightmare

How would it be If we bought the guns you killed our children with? How would it look If your CEOs murdered people on live TV? Not very good But the euphemisms shroud around what is real Lovers are fighters, honey But you don’t even have to lift a finger But this is how it goes Or so I’ve been told Are we living the American dream Or the nightmare where you can’t breathe? I’m sayin’ Oh woah this is what it takes Ignorance and a heart that’s fake And a mind that could let it go I don’t think you really know Look at the odds We’re down and out and we’re falling behind the rest Founding fathers You admire them but would they be proud of you How ‘bout it now? Are you okay with 6.4 billion lives And is this the only song saying how this is not alright? Chorus Well welcome to the melting pot Where the only thing that melts is the snow Top of the world is getting hot Tell me, where are you gonna go? Chaos ensues, cause that’s all we do We sue right and left Who is at fault for the life we have lost And the future we never get? Chorus How would it be If we won’t provide you guns to kill us with?

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